Ruella Frank

Bio

Ruella Frank PhD, is founder and director of the Center for Somatic Studies,  faculty at the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, guest faculty at Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, adjunct faculty at Gestalt Institute of Toronto, and teaches throughout the United States, Europe, Eurasia, Mexico, South America and Canada. She is author of articles and chapters in various publications, and the book Body of Awareness: A Somatic and Developmental Approach to Psychotherapy, (2001, GestaltPress, available in 5 languages), co-author of The First Year and the Rest of Your Life: Movement, Development and Psychotherapeutic Change (2010, Routledge Press, available in 3 languages), and author of The Bodily Roots of Experience in Psychotherapy (2022, Routledge Press, available in 5 languages). Her video Introduction to Developmental Somatic Psychotherapy, is available in three languages. www.somaticstudies.com